OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu announced that it is restructuring its lineup of big data-related products and services under the FUJITSU Big Data Initiative. Fujitsu was an early leader in big data, and now, through this new initiative, the Company will work with customers, partners, and startups to bolster big data business initiatives, utilizing data to accelerate the pace of innovation for customers and society. Fujitsu is also establishing a new Big Data Initiative Center to support the use of big data on June 24.

The FUJITSU Big Data Initiative is the latest of the Company's ongoing efforts to harness its leading-edge technology and sophisticated data-analysis capabilities to create new value from data to support innovation among its customers and society at large.

The Big Data Initiative Center organization will be comprised of 800 people, with a core of 30 customer support staff providing a one-stop support programs for customers, partners, and startups.

The FUJITSU Big Data Initiative will be the foundation from which the Company delivers a complete array of big data products and services that accelerate innovation for customers and society.

Advances in ICT have made it possible to integrate conventional business data with sensor data, positioning data, social media postings, logs, and other forms of big data, and to collect, analyze, and use it in real time to create new business opportunities for customers. Big data has now come into serious use for social innovation that spans regions and industries such as food and agriculture, transport, health and medicine.

At the same time, companies are looking for ways to use big data to differentiate themselves from their competitors and develop new businesses, making the sophisticated analysis and use of big data a pressing business issue.